Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-18
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which people this day, and are still real TO
many of us as the faces of the living around
this monument, bid you come back to the
duties of the present, and to make at this
hour public confession of the high truths for
which these men died. We have country;
cur country is home in which freemen es-
| TEEN it Joy to live, and for which men may
count it worthy to die. We have one coun-
| try; we will keep it one; and what God
| by manifest destiny has joined together, let
no man henceforth dare to put asunderl
Let this day of commemoration, and
| this solemn hour of confession OF our
national faith, be to all the people time
1 Of renewal of the VOWS of patriotism. We
need once more to take the holy covenant OF
union and liberty upon our lips while all
| God, and in the name of all our nation s
| dead, SO let it be! Lei the children and
| youth drink deep to-day at the fountains OF
patriotism. Let the boys and the girls in
our homes know to-day that there
is such a word as country, dear az home,
the women of the city fill afresh their hearts
| with the love of country that they
may inpart it to the very children at their
breasts; let the men of the city forget this
| day the claims of party, the strife OF COM
petitions, the separations of class interests,
and as one people, in one inheritance, take
upon their lips the oath and covenant OF
| their country's honor! For our salvation
l from the domination of alien principles,
| and for the destruction of foes of all good
| government, who wear the livery, but who
| would betray the law of liberty. our coun-
try needs revival of patriotism through
out all the land. Let new inspirations of
| patriotism descend upon us, filling the
| heart of the people with holy love of
l justice, and awakening us to vigilant watch
| and guard against all corruptions which
1 imperil the dominion upon American soil
i - - - he
| cred vows of patriotism, and in memory of
our fallen sons and brothers, let US, the
people, pledge ourselves anew to break every
yoke, to remove every burden too heavy for
men to bear, and to secure forever the right OF
every man, rich or poor, in crowded factory or
| to keep his independent manhood, and to own
| his home in the land of Washington and Liz
coin.
Two great wars have been fought in this
| new world; the first for the existence and
birthright of the republic, the second for the
| unity of the nation. And third conflict,
the emineus notes of which have been heard
distant, but threatening as the sound of that
gun fred upon Sumter-is to be the conflict
of the people for the social integrity and the
industrial order and independence of the
country. The times and seasons, the extent,
the cost of this conflict of the people in eve
~ city and town, and along all our advan-
cling railway lines. for social unity, CONNER
cial security and the prosperous contentmsnt
of all classes under good government with a
fair chance of life for every child born upon
American soil, this ''irrepressible conflict of
the future NO nan of us is wise enough to
forecast or prophecy; but there are threaten
ings of evil, and voices Of woes enough cry
ing out from the heart of our civilization, to
warn US that no intelligent men who love
their country and their homes can safely
neglect the high duties of American Citizen
ship. Yet still by our heroes graves we
keep our faith in our country's destiny, and
in the cup of their sacrifice we pledge our
selves once more to maintain for our chill
dren and our children's children the good
| government for which these men died.
Should the dark day ever come, darker than
any day of yore, when patriotism shall per-
ish from the heart of the people, and an
archie bells ring out the awful dirge of iber-
ty-all for which in four great wars they
have fought would be undone, the spirit of
'seventy-six would hover as an angel of judg-
nent over a guilty land, our heroic dead
from every dishonored sepulchre and I'M
known grave would rise up to condemn the
men of an evil and adulterous generation,
drupken with the vintage of their prosperi-
ty and enervate in the whoredoms of their
lust of money and their spent frenzies of de-
spair! Nay, should patriotism and its holy
light die from the heart of the people, this
monument might well cast to the ground its
sculptured images Of its history, and in the
darkness of that night of a country's disso-
luton this ancient rock open to bury from
the sight of men all remembrance of our he-
roic ages. Never, while this rock remains
and these memorial stones endure, and there
are brave hearts left to say, Ny Country,
shall liberty in this land of light be over
taken by that anarchic night The people,
the people, will answer again and again in
every crisis of their country's call. Parties
shall perish, but the country live. Glasses
may strive for mastery, but the people shall
live as one people beneath the country's flag
Let this monument, raised here above the
din of our factories. and overlooking all our
homes, stand like the affairs of Israel on the
high places of old, holy place of the ma
tional life, place of perpetual devotion and
reconciliation. Whenever we reach this high
place of the people, before these memorial
stones, let US forget whether we ARE laborers
or employers, or of what occupation or pro-
fession we may be, and let US stand as Amer
leans all, and patriots here-ours one
faith in our country's mission, one hope in
our couptry's destiny, as ours has been one
baptism of fire in our country's hour of trial.
Fellow CitiZens-The duty which you
have placed upon me I have now sought to
fulfill. Enough of these spoken words
awake in your bosoms the greater words of
patriotism which cannot be spoken. It re-
mains for you, magistrates of the people, to
complete the simple and most fitting cere-
monial of this hour, and for us all to return
to our homes which the God of battles has
saved, and the God of peace has blessed to
leave this finished monument to stand after
our lives shall have passed away and out
words be forgotten, a perpetual witness of
the truths by which nations live, silent but
constant teacher to the generations to come
of the worth of country and the honor of
lives nobly offered and deeds bravely done.
We consecrate this Soldiers monument to
the high and solemn work of declaring, to
all who shall look upon it, these first truths
and great lessons of our country's history;
and we leave it for witness and testimo-
ny to-our children and our children's chill
dren; we dedicate it to the memory of the
heroic dead. And the work of our hands,
o Lord, establish thou It'll
sURRENDERING THE MONUMENT
General Merv1n,s Address to the Rep
resentatIves of the Town.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies' and Gentlemen
Time softens our sorrows; yet after the lapse
of nearly a quarter of century since the
last great conflict we gather under the shad-
ows of this majestic column and thousand
thoughts tender and eulogistic crowd in up
on our minds to day. Faces hidden from
view for many years rise up before us.
Voices long hushed by death seem once
more to ring in our ears, and we can almost
feel the touch of the hand as we said the last
good-by to the brave one who left family and
home to go forth to battle for the nations
honor, to return not again.
New Haven has long delayed a duty she
owed to her soldiers and sailors, but has
performed it at last. In the month of De-
cembef, 1882, committee was appointed
and fifty thousand dollars appropriated fer
the erection of suitable memorial to those
representing the town in the four principal
wars in which our country had been engaged.
The first question for the committee do
settle was site; the matter was most thor
ough1y considered, and after due delibera-
ton this spot Cast Rock Park was selected.
Whatever difference of opinion may have
existed, or still may exist, among our citi-
zens regarding its location, we are COM
WINGED that time will demonstrate the wis
dom of our choice. The next thing was to
procure a suitable design. After thoroughly
advertising some fifty or more were present
ed, all worthy of consideration, and several
months were given to study their merits.
When the final decision was reached the de-
sign of Mofitt & Doyle of New York proved
the first choice of every member of
the committee. A contract was made with
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